Wednesday, 13 January 2021

Weird Tales - Y'all Motherfuckers Forgot 'Bout Good Ol' Son of a Bitchin' Blues (EP Review)

Release date: January 15th 2021. Label: Interstellar Smoke Records. Format: CD/DD

Y'all Motherfuckers Forgot 'Bout Good Ol' Son of a Bitchin' Blues – Tracklisting

1.Got the Blues for Murder Only 
2.Hard Time Killin’ Floor Blues
3.Too Fucking Cold, Too Fucking Dark
4.Take Sick and Die


Members

Dima - Guitar and Lead Vocal
Kriss - Bass and Vocal
Matt - Drums and Vocal


Review

Y'all Motherfuckers Forgot 'Bout Good Ol' Son of a Bitchin' Blues is the new EP from Polish Doom/Stoner Rockers – Weird Tales – and the guys are paying homage to the Godfathers of Blues Music with their own interpretation of songs by Lonnie Johnson, Skip James, Blind WIllie Johnson and Muddy Waters.

Blues Music played an important part for the evolution of Rock Music and within the Doom, Sludge and Stoner Meal scene. Weird Tales are paying respects to these legendary musicians with their own take on some of their most well known songs. The thing is with this EP everything is open to interpretation and Weird Tales create a more filthier, heavier and DOOMIER style of covers you would initially expect.

Some fans of these songs will recognise some parts and not recognise others but it’s good to see a band like Weird Tales trying something different on each of the 4 snogs chosen here. The EP definitely still remains in the BLUES ROCK department but weighed down by a Doom/Stoner Metal backdrop of heavy grooves and aggressive vocals.

The opening song Got The Blues For Murder Only and Hard Time Killin’ Floor Blues are my favourite parts of the EP. The songs are played for LOUD and VIOLENT KICKS with the twisted guitars leading the BLUES ROCK charge to fast-paced fashion within the opening song.

Hard Time Killin’ Floor Blues is quite slow-paced at first before Weird Tales bring a spectacular blend of Blues Rock, Doom and Stoner Metal but topped off with a manic Sludgy groove that elevates everything to a heavier volume of noise. The guitars are down-tuned in places and some notes have a DRONE based quality to them.

Too Fucking Cold, Too Fucking Dark” and “Take Sick And Die” are good covers but lack the creative spark the opening two tracks have but Weird Tales put everything into this release and none so more on these two track with epic riffs that could easily pass off Weird Tales very own if you’ve haven’t heard these songs before.

Y'all Motherfuckers Forgot 'Bout Good Ol' Son of a Bitchin' Blues is a frantic and hugely entertaining release and one that takes the right creative chances to standout from the recent run of Covers based records that have been released recently.

Excellent and Highly Recommended.

Words by Steve Howe

Y'all Motherfuckers Forgot 'Bout Good Ol' Son of a Bitchin' Blues is available to buy on CD/DD from January 15th 2021 via Interstellar Smoke Records.

Thanks to Carcosa PR and Infecting Cell PR for the promo.

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